Moth ID Please x 2

[elsmore1]

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can identify two moths. The first one is on a fence and quite plain, the other I have two pictures of one on a mat and one by some stones.

Many Thanks

[Cordaline]

Originally Posted by elsmore1

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can identify two moths. The first one is on a fence and quite plain, the other I have two pictures of one on a mat and one by some stones.

Many Thanks

Morning,
Looks like:-
1st is a Udea sp.
2nd & 3rd are Dark Arches

[larachmor]

Originally Posted by Cordaline

Morning,
Looks like:-
1st is a Udea sp.
2nd & 3rd are Dark Arches

As a relative novice, I stand to be corrected, but I would have put No.3 as Reddish Light Arches (Apamea sublutstris)

[Adam Cheeseman]

1 is Udea prunalis
2 is Dark Arches
3 looks like Reddish Light Arches

Cheers,

Adam

[widiot]

I think the 3rd photo is just of the 2nd moth under different lighting conditions(as it says in original post)

[larachmor]

Originally Posted by widiot

I think the 3rd photo is just of the 2nd moth under different lighting conditions(as it says in original post)

Perhaps the photographer could clear it up if photos 2 and 3 are of the same moth? Surely not? Comparison of markings is questionable. If so, it shows how mis-identification can occur when colours are not accurately re-produced.
If an ID is requested, one would presume that the colours are reasonably accurate. If they are accurate, then I would stick with Dark Arches and Reddish Light Arches.

[elsmore1]

hi, it is three photos and two moths the second is a better picture as the third maybe had too much flash. it is a brown colour and not reddish!

it even sat on my hand and could not let it go as it had been raining so assume it did not want to get wet.


thanks

[larachmor]

Originally Posted by elsmore1

hi, it is three photos and two moths the second is a better picture as the third maybe had too much flash. it is a brown colour and not reddish!

it even sat on my hand and could not let it go as it had been raining so assume it did not want to get wet.


thanks

Thanks for the clarification. The colour depicted ties up with a Reddish Light Arches in my book, which I would also not describe as "reddish."

[Cordaline]

I still say Dark Arches.

[nutmeg]

I say Dark Arches too